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Donald Trump is claiming prosecutorial misconduct and selected prosecution in his federal cases — and his lawyers are using it as a tactic. Trump’s legal team filed claims of political bias, then said that to prove it they need access to all documents from the Justice Department about the case. Responding to it in court on Monday, special counsel Jack Smith balked at the move, saying Trump is “seeking an array of materials that, they speculated, could help substantiate their baseless theories of political animus and bias.” In the 12-page filing, Smith explains that asking for something doesn’t…

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